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[Aomori] What is Hokaiori? Tsugaru's Obon customs are colorful and unique

When people think of Obon, they probably imagine quietly visiting the graves of their ancestors to welcome them back. However, in Tsugaru, people also eat in front of the graves and greet their ancestors with colorful Obon decorations...

Hana OdagiriHana Odagiri2025.09.02

2025.07.22 Aizu Tajima Gion Festival_Japan's No. 1 Bride Procession

[Aizu Tajima Gion Festival Photo Report: Part 2] Seven, also known as the largest bride line in Japan...

Minamiaizu Town is located in the southwest part of Fukushima Prefecture, just a little southerly, in Tochigi Prefecture. In this area, also known as "Okuaizu", a festival that is one of Japan's three major Gion festivals is held every year...

AoiwaAoiwa2025.07.31

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[Aizu Tajima Gion Festival Photo Report: Part 1] A food stall song performed at the big stall at the Yoi Festival...

Minamiaizu Town is located in the southwest part of Fukushima Prefecture, just a little southerly, in Tochigi Prefecture. In this area, also known as "Okuaizu", a festival that is one of Japan's three major Gion festivals is held every year...

AoiwaAoiwa2025.07.31

Three UNESCO cultural heritage sites: Dainichido Buraku, Hanawabayashi, and Bon Odori in the Kema-ma-in...

Kakunodate City, Akita Prefecture is located in the northeastern part of Akita Prefecture, and is at the time Hanawamachi, Oirase Town, Towada Town, and Hachimantai Village...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2025.07.30

Kakunodate, a castle town where flowers were opened during the Satake Kita family era [Senboku City highlights 3]

Kakunodate blossomed largely in the 215th year of the Edo period, when it was ruled by the Satake Hokke family, who was respected by the residents as a "lord." The townscape created by Ashina...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2025.07.24

"Honkai Lion Dance Banraku" is a folk entertainment that has been handed down for 400 years [Yurimoto, Akita Prefecture...

In Yurihonjo City, there is a folk performing art called Honkai Shishi Dance Bangaku, a country designated as an important intangible folk cultural property, and is an ancient folk art. "Honkai Lion Dance Banraku" is...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2025.03.18

62nd Namahage Shiba Hill Festival

I was excited by my first Namahage! Local report of the 62nd Namahage Shibato Festival [Oga City, Akita Prefecture]

Oga City, Akita Prefecture is the sacred place for the visitor god "Namahage," which is no exaggeration to say that it is the most famous in Japan. Tohoku Rokken Trivia Media NEFT Why do Namabalds take on knives and sniff people...

AoiwaAoiwa2025.02.26

"Yonegawa Water Cows" is a visit event that is passed down on the Miyagi-Iwate Prefecture border | Local report [Miyagi Prefecture...

The water-cooling event in Yonekawa, Higashiwa-cho, Tome City, Miyagi Prefecture is a "national designated Important Intangible Cultural Property" and is a visit god event that was decided to be registered as a "UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage" on November 29th, 2018. In Japan...

editorial staffeditorial staff2025.02.20

[Third] Sugae Masumi walked in Oga Peninsula - Encountered a major earthquake [Akita Prefecture]

Sugae Masumi (1754-1829), a traveler from the Edo period, introduces Sugae Masumi (1754-1829), a traveler from the Oga Peninsula, and introduces the Edo period and the present day, based on the Oga Five Winds of Oga, a traveler from the Oga Peninsula.

NORIJUNNORIJUN2024.12.16

Is Nama bald real? Traces of demons remaining throughout the Oga Peninsula – Oga Peninsula and the Legend of Demons...

Aside from the debate about whether Nama bald is a demon or a god, there are a ton of demon legends on the Oga Peninsula. The origin of the legend is that five bats that visited with Emperor Wu of Han transform into demons...

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